To be a Virtuous Wife

Chapter Three "Wang Ye"

Chapter Three Wang Ye

From very far away, He Heng[1] had seen a procession of people in the garden but it had been too far to see everybody clearly. The woman at the very front, he didn't see clearly, but from her movements, he could tell he was unfamiliar with her.

"Ming He, can you see who is it at the front?" He had just left the royal court, and didn't want to spare the effort to deal with these women. After he spoke, he stopped in his steps, his expression of one who was fed up.

"Wang ye, this one sees that it seems to be a procession of Feng ce fei and Jiang ce fei," Ming He opened his eyes wide for a look before quickly lowering his head. He might be an eunuch, but he didn't dare to look straight at his master's women.

"Then who is it at the front?" He Heng squinted his eyes to look at the woman at the very front, "Doesn't look very familiar."

Ming He quickly raised his head again. The woman walking at the very front had an extraordinary aura. He didn't know what flowers were embroidered on that wide-sleeved silk dress but it seemed beautiful. For a while, he really didn't recognize who it was. He spoke hesitantly: "Maybe it's wang fei?"

Even Ming He himself didn't believe what he said, but other than wang fei, what woman in this fu dared to walk in front of a ce fei?

Hearing Ming He mention wang fei, He Heng remembered that woman with a soft personality. Her father was the Duke of Chang De, her maternal uncle was the Xiang Qing Marquis and also Supreme Justice of the Court[2]. Her birth was not in any way ordinary but she was raised to have that kind of personality. No wonder when his mufei[3] chose Qu shi, nobody tried to interfere.

Qu Qing Ju saw from far away what the original in her memory had feared, Duan Wang. His appearance was that of a twenty-year old, tall and of good posture. He was wearing a white robe edged in black, with a white jade coronet[4]. The first impression one would get would be that of a giant among men, a dragon among humans. After they walked closer, she saw that there was a hint of a smile on Duan Wang's face, but there was no mirth in his eyes.

Slightly bowing, Qu Qing Ju smiled and opened: "Wang ye has finished court, is there a need for nourishment?"

"Wang fei has recovered?" He Heng's gaze landed on that porcelain wrist, the red of the phoenix blood rock contrasting with the pale skin so that the wrist looked as though it would break with a touch.

"Thanks to wang ye's good fortune," Qu Qing Ju smiled falsely, using a handkerchief to wipe at the inconspicuous sweat on her forehead, "it is just that my body is weak and the taiyi had already ordered me to a diet. Who knew that the kitchen servants would only pay lip service and send restricted and oily foods. I was so angry at the time, I pushed them with a bit of a beating."

Jiang Yong Yu, hearing wang fei mention this incident to wang ye, couldn't resist looking at wang ye. She saw that the other's expression was normal, obviously not placing any importance on this type of matter.

It was true that He Heng didn't care for this type of incident but he was a bit surprised that wang fei was actually able to order and carry out a punishment. Even though he held no good feelings towards wang fei, but it wasn't that he would embarrass her in this type of situation: "To servants that won't serve faithfully, it wouldn't be a pity to throw them out."

"Wang ye's consideration is the great fortune of qie." If wang ye's personality was really what she hypothesized, he was a controlled and ambitious man. She lowered her eyes and face, not smiling at him any longer. In her past life, she was considered a successful manager. What type of man she hadn't seen before? This wang ye wasn't peerless in his beauty, she didn't care that much.